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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Lemonade Freedom Day! Sa.20Aug11


 Your gardens, your driving, your travel, your bake sales, your privacy, your 1st, 2nd, 4th Amendments, and now ...your kid's  lemonade stands.  Boot'em all out, especially o'commieczar! -- rfh





Lemonade Freedom Day!  – Saturday, August 20, 2011
August 4, 2101.
When Obama Hands You Lemons
     . . . the state enforcers won’t let you make lemonade.
     Iain Murray wrote yesterday about the spate of lemonade-stand crackdowns by this once great republic’s depraved regulatory class.  This is not a small thing.  A land in which a child requires hundreds of dollars of permits to sell homemade lemonade in his front yard is, in a profound sense, no longer free: It is exactly the kind of micro-regulatory tyranny of which Tocqueville warned two centuries ago.
      Guest-hosting for Rush a week or two back, I suggested en passant that we needed a children’s version of the Tea Party — a Lemonade Party.  I see now that a concerned citizen is organizing a Lemonade Freedom Day for August 20th.
      By the way, our fellow NR cruiser Ed Driscoll has posted an excerpt from my new book about another curious priority of the control freaks of the Brokest Nation In History: The church bake-sale pie crackdown.  I hesitate to channel Martin Niemöller (“First they came for the kid next door’s lemonade stand and I did nothing, then they came for the widder woman across the street’s maple pecan pie”), but this is a sustained assault by the state on civic participation, and thus on citizenship itself.
      The proper response of any self-respecting seven-year-old girl on being told she needs the state’s permission to sell homemade lemonade is, “You’ll never take me alive, copper!”
Mark Steyn's home page is http://www.steynonline.com

SELLING LEMONADE IS NOT A CRIME

August 20, 2011 – Lemonade Freedom Day!

Please join us on August 20, 2011 and set up your own lemonade stand.  We need to send a message to everyone who is listening.  They can not shut down the kids lemonade stands.  If you do not have kids or do not want to set up your own lemonade stand, please support a local kid's lemonade stand.  Selling lemonade is not a crime!

What To Do If Someone Tries To Shut Down Your Lemonade Stand.

August 4th, 2011
  • Always be respectful of any officials, follow their instructions even if they are wrong, and do not antagonize them.
  • Ask what is the statute or regulation that gives them the authority to shut down the stand, and what are the grounds for doing so.
  • Ask if the law or regulation specifically empowers them to shut down the stand or merely issue tickets for violations, especially a first violation.
  • Ask the officer if there are any exceptions in the rule for businesses owned and operated by minors, or businesses that earn below a certain amount (which may be referred to in the law or regulations as “de minimus”).
  • Ask to see the law or regulation.
  • Get the officer’s name and badge number, or if not a police officer, the official’s name, agency or department, and job title.
  • If possible, record the entire interaction on video (even if just a cell phone). *Please be aware of your state’s laws in regards to recording public officials. In some states it may be illegal.*
  • Do not offer the officials anything (including free lemonade) to overlook the violation.
  • Again, always be respectful of any officials, follow their instructions even if they are wrong, and do not antagonize them.
A special thanks to Alexander Hornaday from The Law Office of Alexander Hornaday, LLC . He is also offering free representation to Coloradans who run afoul of regulatory overreach because of child’s lemonade stand! Alexander Hornaday is an attorney licensed to practice in Colorado.  His firm, The Law Office of Alexander Hornaday, LLC, can be reached on the web at www.hornadaylaw.com or by email at info@hornadaylaw.com.

DISCLAIMER: This information is provided purely for informational purposes and is not intended to be legal advice.  Instead it is meant to give people an idea of the kind of information they may find useful.  At no time should anyone intentionally break the law. The laws and regulations that may affect any particular situation can vary significantly from city to city or state to state, and anyone recieving this information should not act upon the information without seeking professional legal counsel.


Lemonade Freedom Day

     Aug. 6 2011 -- The lemonade stand is one of the great symbols of American entrepreneurialism.  Lucy and Charlie Brown, Calvin and Hobbes, a quick search here at Forbes shows innumerable stories and I’m sure, as a foreigner, that I’ve missed some cultural references to it all.
     In recent weeks we’ve also seen a series of stories about how the bureaucrats, the clipboard wielders, have been closing down those lemonade stands for their not having the necessary permits.  All of which makes me a fully paid up supporter of Lemonade Freedom Day.  It’s true, I’m thousands of miles away, from a culture that doesn’t in fact have lemonade stands but all you have to do to support the event is to set up a lemonade stand on [Saturday] August 20th.
     That’s it really: you can do it with others on the West Lawn outside the White House, assemble peacfully where you wish or simply offer a glass to a passing neighbour from your front lawn.
     Your entire nation, your culture, was based on telling my forefathers where to go and replacing me and mine demanding taxes on tea with your own demanding taxes and permits on lemonade doesn’t sound like a great step forward really.
     And of course, allowing your children to see the reaction of the bureaucracy to people engaging in voluntary commerce will be a lesson learned for life.

LEMONADE FREEDOM DAY - August 20 2011‏ - YouTube


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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

o'cap'n tax - You Can Take Away My Incandescent Light Bulbs When You Pry Them From My Cold Dead Hands

 Communiqué by Lou Frenzel

"You can have my incandescent light bulbs when you pry them from my cold dead hands."

Posted @ 7/26/2011 4:53 PM By Lou on http://electronicdesign.com/Blogs/Communique/tabid/731/entryid/182/Default.aspx

     My apologies to Charlton Heston, the National Rifle Association and others who claim the similar expression for guns.  They haven't taken away our guns yet, but they are planning to take away our light bulbs.  They being the Federal government will begin enforcing a new law that goes into effect January 1, 2012, if Congress does not repeal it.  (Fat chance, although some House members did try.)  Incidentally, most of Europe is doing the same thing.
     The light bulb "ban" is part of the Energy Independence and Security Act passed in 2007.  It isn't really a ban as such but it effectively limits the sales of several types of incandescent bulbs (starting with the popular 100 watt bulb) simply because they are too inefficient.  More specifically, there is a planned phase out starting in 2012 and extending through 2014.  Some special bulbs are exempt such as appliance bulbs, 3-way bulbs and those less than 40 watts or more than 150 watts.  The overall push is for light bulbs in general to get more efficient, not only with the CFLs and LEDs but with better incandescent like those with halogen or xenon.  The government believes we can save energy and reduce global warming if we get rid of the offending light bulb.  It appears that most of us have not been replacing our incandescent fast enough with CFLs to satisfy the EPA.  Get ready for a visit from the light bulb police if your house is lighted too brightly.  And hide your hoarded stash of incandescent bulbs well.
     I doubt that there are too many of us who are not implementing some kind of "green" program to cut energy costs and reduce pollution by replacing these retro lights that have been around since Edison and Swan invented them during the 1870s.  Despite being dated technology, these bulbs work great and we are all familiar with them.  They are cheap, reliable and readily available.  But let's face it, lighting eats up about 8 to 12% of our home energy bills depending upon house size, lighting types, and how frugal we are.  Roughly 50% of that home energy is taken by things with motors like refrigerators, HVAC and other appliances.  But going with a more efficient lighting solution will save some energy and money especially if everyone does it.
     I am already on the way to replacing my incandescents with CFLs.  I don't necessarily like it but I am doing it.  I now use them in porch lights, ceiling/fan lights, and a few lamps.  I still use incandescents in my reading lamps as I prefer the coloring and the fact they are just brighter.  That whitish/blue light is irritating, but I guess that's just me.  I did recently find a CFL with a more incandescent glow which I am trying out.  Not too bad but still not bright enough even in the highest wattage size.  There are also no good CFL replacements that I have found for recessed floods and spots which are common in kitchens and some light fixtures.
     While the CFLs do save energy, they are much more expensive, at least 5 to 10 times what an incandescent costs.  I am sure that those who are less affluent certainly balk at the price when food is more important, even if the CFL is cheaper if amortized over a longer period.  Do most consumers amortize their purchases?  Of course not.
     Other CFL downsides besides less overall light and color are the time it takes to come up to full brightness as well as the declining illumination over time.  CFLs also do not work with most dimmers.  There are some CFL dimmers but they are not as good as the old fashion incandescent kind.  I have also heard that CFLs do not work well in cold environments, like outdoors in winter or in refrigerators.
     One big issue is that some CFLs really interfere with shortwave and ham radio communications with a horrible noise spectrum that makes listening impossible.  It took me a while to figure that out until my wife turned off a lamp while I was trying to listen one day and suddenly all the radio noise went away.  And let's not forget the disposal hazard.  CFL disposal recommendations are a real pain and inconvenience.  I doubt that most consumers are going to discard a bad CFL with the local disposal facility as recommended.  I did break a CFL not too long ago and some of that mercury vapor got free.  I didn't die and I have no ill effects from the clean up but maybe it's going to get me later somehow.  I am not going to worry about it.
     The bottom line is that we are replacing an accepted cheaper product with one that is more complex and expensive and has many downsides.  Doesn't seem like common sense to me but I keep reminding myself that it is for the collective good.  We all need help with our energy and pollution problems.  CFLs are an easy solution, still it seems like a high price to pay.  Most consumers are short term vs. long term thinkers as they go for the immediate gratification.  They are trading off low price for brighter lights now for the savings over five to ten years.
     As for LEDs, they certainly seem to be the best choice as almost any desired intensity and color can be had.  But at a price.  I have only tried one LED bulb ($20) and it is certainly bright enough although I still could not find the color spectrum I wanted.  Even though this bulb will last probably longer than I will, it is still way too expensive for the average person.  We can all assume that the LED will be our future as prices abate.  In the meantime, enjoy your CFLs.  And don't spend all those savings in one place.
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